How cited: State v. Santos · Go Syfert

State v. Santos (1985)

green · 21 citation events across 3 courts. Showing the 4 strongest citers on record (one row per citing case, strongest signal kept).
Treatment trajectory · 1989 → 2026 · click a year to view the case as of then
198920072026
Rule Authority · R.I.
The court imposes a time limitation to assure that a defendant will not have the threat of imprisonment “hanging over his head for the rest of his life.” Id. (quoting State v. Santos, 498 A.2d 1024, 1026 (R.I. 1985)).
Rule Authority · Sup. Ct. R.I.
Id. at 1026.
green People v. Gore (1989)
Rule Authority · Colo.
A probation placement of one year means exactly that and cannot be read expansively to mean “one year plus a reasonable time period thereafter. ” Rhode Island v. Santos, 498 A.2d 1024, 1026 (R.I.1985) (emphasis added).
Cited (see also) · R.I. · signal: see, e.g.
See, e.g., State v. Tavares, 837 A.2d 730, 733 (R.I. 2003) (“The purpose of having a time limitation on the length of the probation is to assure the defendant that once the probation has expired, ‘he will not have the threat of imprisonment for this offense hanging over his head for the rest of his life.’”) (quoting State v. Santos, 498 A.2d 1024, 1026 (R.I. 1985)).